# Coyne (surname)

Coyne is a surname of Irish origin anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Cadhain meaning "descendant of Cadhan".
Notable people with the surname include:
* Andre Coyne, dam engineer
* Andrew Coyne, journalist
* Bernard Coyne (bishop), Bishop of Elphin from 1913 to 1926
* Bernard Coyne (giant) (1897–1921), American who is one of only 20 individuals in medical history to have stood 240 cm (8 feet) or more
* Brian Coyne (born 1959), Scottish (soccer) football player and manager
* Christopher Coyne (disambiguation), multiple people
   * Christopher J. Coyne (born 1958), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont
   * Christopher Coyne (professor) (born 1977), professor of economics
   * Chris Coyne (born 1978), Australian (soccer) footballer
   * Chris Coyne, co-founded the websites OkCupid, keybase and SparkNotes
* Dale Coyne, auto racer
* Danny Coyne, footballer
* Deborah Coyne, lawyer, professor and author
* Frank J. Coyne, CEO of Insurance Services Office, Inc.
* Gary Coyne (born 1961), Australian rugby league footballer
* George Coyne, priest and astronomer
* James Coyne (disambiguation), several people
   * James C. Coyne (born 1947), American psychologist
   * James Elliott Coyne (1910–2012), governor of the Bank of Canada, son of J. Bowes
   * James Henry Coyne (1849–1942), Canadian lawyer and historian
   * James K. Coyne III (born 1946), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
* Jamie Coyne (born 1982), Australian (soccer) footballer, brother of Chris Coyne
* Jeanne Coyne, Broadway dancer and choreographer
* Jerry Coyne, American professor of biology
* John Coyne (disambiguation), several people
   * John Coyne (politician) (1836–1873), Canadian barrister and politician
   * John Coyne (writer) (born 1937), American writer of horror novels
   * John Henry Coyne aka Harry Coyne (1865–1926), Queensland politician
   * John M. Coyne (1916–2014), former mayor of Brooklyn, Ohio
   * John Coyne (footballer) (born 1951), English-born football (soccer) player who played for Australia
   * John N. Coyne (1839–1907), American Civil War soldier
* Joseph Coyne, American stage actor who achieved fame in musical comedy
* Joseph Stirling Coyne, Prolific British playwright from the mid-nineteenth century
* Joshua Coyne, American classical musician
* Kevin Coyne, composer, writer and painter
* Mark Coyne (musician), American musician
* Mark Coyne (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
* Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Irish-language modernist writer
* Michael L. Coyne, Associate Dean and Law Professor at the Massachusetts School of Law
* Paul Coyne, TV & film producer
* Peter Coyne (disambiguation), several people with that name
   * Peter Coyne (footballer) (born 1958), English footballer
   * Peter Coyne (politician) (1917–2001), Australian politician
   * Peter Coyne (rugby league) (born 1964), Australian rugby league player
* Richard Coyne, Professor of Architectural Computing
* Thelma Coyne, tennis player
* Wayne Coyne, musician
* William J. Coyne, American politician
* Evan Coyne Maloney, documentary filmmaker and video blogger
* Lydia Coyne Fletcher (1853–1904), Irish-American playwright, novelist

## Fictional characters

* Declan Coyne, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Fiona Coyne, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Joe Coyne, aka "Penny Plunderer", a villain appearing in Batman comics